Visual Arts 11/12 IRP

Media Arts 12




Image-Development and Design Strategies (Perceiving/Responding)

Students perceive and respond to images in ways that demonstrate awareness of the sources, techniques, and strategies of image development and design.
It is expected that students will:
  • evaluate the effect of images developed using two or more media arts technologies
  • analyse the use of media arts technology to solve a specific visual design problem
  • evaluate ethical, moral, and legal implications of using media arts technology to reproduce and distribute images

Image-Development and Design Strategies (Creating/Communicating)

Students create images reflecting their understanding of a wide variety of image sources, techniques, and image- development and design strategies.
It is expected that students will:
  • create media arts images using a variety of design strategies and image sources, and justify selection
  • identify and solve design problems using one or more media arts technologies
  • adjust meaning by manipulating a single image through a variety of technologies and processes
  • develop images that simultaneously challenge more than one sense

Context (Perceiving/Responding)

Students perceive and respond to images and the ways these images reflect and affect personal, social, cultural, and historical contexts.
It is expected that students will:
  • analyse roles that media arts have in reflecting, sustaining, and challenging beliefs and traditions
  • evaluate how content and form influence and are influenced by historical, social, and cultural context
  • justify personal interpretation of and preferences for media artworks
  • demonstrate an understanding of the skills and training needed to pursue media arts careers

Context (Creating/Communicating)

Students create images that communicate understanding of and appreciation for the influence of personal, social, cultural, and historical contexts.
It is expected that students will:
  • use a variety of media arts technologies to create images that:
    • support or challenge beliefs, values, and traditions
    • incorporate characteristics of other artists, movements, and periods in personal style
    • reflect historical and contemporary issues
  • select and defend choices of media arts technologies, form, and content to reflect the intended audience and purpose
  • develop a presentation of media arts images for a specific purpose or venue

Visual Elements and Principles of Art and Design (Perceiving/Responding)

Students perceive and respond to images in ways that demonstrate their understanding of the visual elements and principles of art and design.
It is expected that students will:
  • evaluate how the visual elements and principles of art and design are manipulated to:
    • convey a message
    • create an effect
    • influence personal preference
  • analyse symbolic and cultural associations of visual elements and principles of art and design in media arts
  • predict the impact of altering visual elements and principles of art and design in selected media artworks

Visual Elements and Principles of Art and Design (Creating/Communicating)

Students create images that communicate their understanding of and appreciation for the visual elements and principles of art and design and how they are used to communicate.
It is expected that students will:
  • use a variety of media arts technologies to create a series of images that demonstrate the qualities of particular visual elements and principles of art and design
  • manipulate and justify selection of visual elements and principles of art and design in order to:
    • alter the meaning or effect of images
    • reflect cultural and stylistic influences
    • achieve a specific emotional response

Materials, Technologies, and Processes (Perceiving/Responding)

Students perceive and respond to images from a variety of different types of artworks in ways that demonstrate their understanding of how the choice of materials, technologies, and processes affects images.
It is expected that students will:
  • identify the materials, media arts technologies, and processes used in creating images and given media artworks
  • evaluate the effect of the selection of materials, media arts technologies, and processes on the meaning and purpose of images
  • describe the evolution of specific media technologies used to make images, and predict future developments
  • consistently use appropriate vocabulary when discussing media artworks and associated materials, technologies, and processes

Materials, Technologies, and Processes (Creating/Communicating)

Students create images that demonstrate their ability to communicate effectively using a variety of materials, technologies, and processes.
It is expected that students will:
  • use a variety of materials, media arts technologies, and processes proficiently to create images
  • manipulate a combination of materials, media arts technologies, and processes to support intent of media artworks
  • use and maintain materials, equipment, and work space in a safe and environmentally sensitive manner
  • apply appropriate procedures associated with a specific position in a production team to create media artworks

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